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Standard Five: Managerial Leadership
School executives will ensure that the school has processes and systems in place for budgeting, staffing, problem-solving, communicating expectations, and scheduling that result in organizing the work routines in the building. The school executive must be responsible for the monitoring of the school budget and the inclusion of all teachers in the budget decision so as to meet the 21st century needs of every classroom. Effectively and efficiently managing the complexity of every day life is critical for staff to be able to focus its energy on improvement.

Related Coursework and Training
  • Conflict Management Training
  • Crucial Conversations Training
  • Clinical Supervision Assignments
  • School Law Course
  • School Budget and Finance Course

Related Readings
  • The Principal's Legal Handbook, Lane
  • The Law and Special Education, Yell
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People, Carnegie
  • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey
  • The Checklist Manifesto, Gawande

Standard 5a: School Resources and Budget

Proficient: Works with others to incorporate the input of the School Improvement Team in budget and resource decisions; works with others to use feedback and data to assess the success of funding and program decisions.

Activities:

  • Interviewed school level Administrator, Superintendent, school level Bookkeeper, and Central Office Finance Officer regarding school finance at his or her appropriate level of involvement with finance.
  • Completed a School Funding Comparison Study to determine how another state funds their public schools in comparison to North Carolina and presented information with partner.
  • Complied portfolio of information gathered during interviews and materials fundamental to budgeting in the school system.
  • During School Finance and Budgeting class, I submitted weekly School Funding Articles and discussed articles with class.
  • Collaborated with group to create a mock budget and presented budget to class.

Artifacts:

Created & presented a mock budget for Hope Creek School
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Standard 5b: Conflict Management and Resolution

Proficient: Works with others to resolve problems and/or areas of conflict within the school in ways that improve student achievement.

Activities:

  • Introduced the concept of Gracious Space into the school to work with staff in creating a community of support and trust throughout the school.
  • Acted as a mediator between administration and staff to resolve issues over concerns within the school.
  • Collected and analyzed discipline data over the last two school years

Artifacts:

Facilitative Leadership & Crucial Conversations Reflection

Facilitative Leadership and Crucial Conversation Reflection


Standard 5c: Systematic Communication

Proficient: Works with others to utilize a system of open communication that provides for the timely, responsible sharing of information within the school community; works with others to provide information in different formats in multiple ways through different media in order to ensure communication with all members of the community.

Activities:

  • Created a Newsletter to share with stakeholders
  • Utilized multiple forms of communication: e-mail, Edmodo, phone, AlertNow, letters/memos
  • Created and sent various parent letters
  • Constantly phone parents and guardians for positive and negative student behavior
  • Wrote and submitted articles for local newspaper to spotlight our school or to inform the community of upcoming events
  • Ensured that the school website was kept up to date with information for students and parents

Artifacts:

Newsletter for PTSO/Title I Night


Communication Inventory

Communication Inventory HCMS